{"id":395975,"date":"2026-07-12T21:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395975\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T21:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:24:10","slug":"bizarre-new-dating-method-takes-california-colleges-by-storm-as-it-wipes-out-primitive-tinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395975\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre new dating method takes California colleges by storm as it wipes out \u2018primitive\u2019 Tinder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forget swiping right\u2026<\/p>\n

A bizarre new AI-powered dating service is sweeping across California college campuses by replacing endless swiping with computer-generated matchmaking that promises to find students more compatible dates.<\/p>\n

Ditto, a startup founded in 2024 by former UC Berkeley students, is expanding rapidly after ditching the Tinder-style model in favor of an AI-driven system that pairs users based on their interests.<\/p>\n

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A bizarre new AI-powered dating service is sweeping across California college campuses by replacing endless swiping with computer-generated matchmaking. Ditto<\/p>\n

Instead of scrolling through profiles, students complete a survey that allows the platform’s AI to determine their matches.<\/p>\n

New pairings are generated every Wednesday, giving matched students the chance to choose a time that works for both.<\/p>\n

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Instead of scrolling through profiles, students complete a survey that allows the platform’s AI to determine their matches. Ditto<\/p>\n

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Although the company launched in Berkeley, it now operates on campuses across the country, including nine universities in California. Ruslan \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

The AI then goes a step further by creating an itinerary for their first date.<\/p>\n

Although the company launched in Berkeley, it now operates on campuses across the country, including nine universities in California.<\/p>\n

Ditto says its AI-first approach is already resonating with Gen Z.<\/p>\n

According to the company, it has arranged more than 12,000 dates, with 92% of matched participants saying they wanted to go on a second date.<\/p>\n

The startup bills itself as a replacement for what it describes as outdated online dating.<\/p>\n

“For the past 20 years, we’ve connected in primitive ways,” Ditto says on its website. “But now \u2026 AI brings your ‘profiles’ to life as agents.”<\/p>\n

The app’s rise comes as loneliness continues to draw national attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ditto has arranged more than 12,000 dates, with 92% of paired participants saying they want to go on date number two. Instagram\/@ditto<\/p>\n

Ditto has arranged more than 12,000 dates, with 92% of paired participants saying they want to go on date number two, as cited by FOX40.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a 2023 advisory, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy described loneliness as an “epidemic.”<\/p>\n

“We have an opportunity, and an obligation, to make the same investments in addressing social connection that we have made in addressing tobacco use, obesity, and the addiction crisis,” Murthy said.<\/p>\n

Whether AI can truly replace swipes remains to be seen, but Ditto is already betting that college students will leave a primitive Tinder in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forget swiping right\u2026 A bizarre new AI-powered dating service is sweeping across California college campuses by replacing endless…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,159186,159184,159185],"class_list":["post-395975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-compatible-dates","tag-dating-service","tag-uc-berkeley-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}